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105-665: This is a list of characters featured in the Adult Swim animated television series Aqua Teen Hunger Force . Voiced by Dana Snyder , Master Shake (or simply Shake) is a narcissistic, lazy, shallow, selfish, and idiotic milkshake . When the Aqua Teens solve crimes, Master Shake claims to be the leader, despite rarely accomplishing anything and usually obstructing progress and leaving the actual work to Frylock. His special powers are emitting charged blobs of pistachio milkshake from his straw and making any small object he throws to

210-493: A Family Guy marathon showing select episodes. On March 29, 2004, less than one year after beginning reruns on Adult Swim, Fox announced it would be renewing Family Guy for a fourth season and reviving it from cancellation. Shortly after the announcement, Samples commented, "Bringing Family Guy to the Adult Swim lineup last April really helped turn the block into a cultural phenomenon with young adults." Futurama

315-462: A Twitter account. Players were told that they were trying to rescue a stolen AI named Delilah. Weekly bumps provided puzzles to be solved by viewers with solutions submitted via Twitter. The solutions were then confirmed by both the Twitter account and subsequent bumps. Later in the game, Delilah was forced to self-destruct to prevent a security breach. The Twitter account then rebranded itself as

420-480: A lifeguard who spoke through a megaphone . Most notably, he would shout "All kids out of the pool!". The logo was the words "Adult Swim" in all capital letters (or often an alternate version of the logo featured the block's name rendered in red and a black circle with a yellow penumbra , also used as the main logo from 2002 to 2003), shown after a freeze frame of the footage. Sometimes they were even shown in reverse. The block's original theme music, titled "D-Code,"

525-502: A marketing company and claimed that the entire game was an experiment. Soon after this, a new Twitter account followed all the previous account's existing followers. This new account informed everyone that they were searching for their missing sister named Amelia. The bump transmissions then started referring viewers to this new Twitter account as well as several new Instagram accounts, continuing to provide puzzles that required solving. Some players have used Discord to work together as

630-450: A publicity stunt telling viewers that they needed 1,000,000 people to go to their website so they could "Free Hockey Chicken". An employee was dressed as a chicken in front of a webcam being watched by viewers, and he could not leave the studio until they reached their goal. That same year Adult Swim hyped viewers by asking them to vote which would win in a fight: a "Flying Shark or a Flying Crocodile ". In late 2004, Adult Swim started

735-573: A Cartoon Network block on September 19, 2021, before moving to Adult Swim on September 3, 2023, following the block's expansion to 5:00 p.m. ACME Night, themed after the Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner Looney Tunes cartoons, initially planned to include original programming and movies. Ultimately, only one series premiered, the game show Harry Potter: Hogwarts Tournament of Houses (which also simulcast on TBS ). Following

840-480: A Master Shake air freshener . It became increasingly common for Adult Swim to act as a home for reruns of animated series that had been canceled prematurely, such as Home Movies , Baby Blues , Mission Hill , The Oblongs , The Ripping Friends , Futurama , Family Guy , and God, the Devil and Bob , as well as burn off remaining episodes of said shows that never aired on their original networks, as

945-456: A New Year's Eve special from 11:00 pm to 3:00 am. This was the first time Adult Swim aired on a Tuesday night. Beginning on January 12, 2003, Adult Swim was airing five nights a week, Sundays through Thursdays from 11:00 pm to 1:00 am. Saturday nights were dropped. On February 9, 2003, sister network TNT aired an "Adult Swim All Star Extravaganza" event following its coverage of the 2003 NBA All-Star Game , featuring airings of programs from

1050-422: A bar created by Soup2Nuts , 1960s Hanna-Barbera action cartoons dubbed with the voices of children, a series of shorts called Not for Air that had the speech of Hanna-Barbera characters bleeped to make it seem like the characters were swearing, The New Adventures of The Wonder Twins , What They're Really Thinking , which had a voice narrate a character's thoughts in a comedic way, and Brak Puppet Party ,

1155-462: A contentious and negative relationship with the Aqua Teens, particularly Shake who he despises and often refers to derisively as simply "Cup". He nevertheless ends up (willingly or not) associating with them and their antics. Voiced by C. Martin Croker , Dr. Weird is a mad scientist who lives in an abandoned mental asylum on the perpetually rainy Jersey Shore that shows up at the cold openings of

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1260-547: A course at Kent State University with lessons by film professor Ron Russo, author of the book "Adult Swim and Comedy". On Halloween night in 2004, Phantasm actor Angus Scrimm hosted an Aqua Teen Hunger Force marathon. On November 2, 2004, Adult Swim ran a marathon of the Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law episode "Guitar Control" all through the night, until 2   a.m.. The episode replayed 24 times to celebrate Election Day. On November 28, Adult Swim had

1365-531: A direct and important role in the revival of Family Guy . Due to the series' popularity in reruns, the block burned off " When You Wish Upon a Weinstein ", an episode of the series that had been banned from airing on Fox, in 2003. On September 21, 2003, Seth MacFarlane guest voiced on the Aqua Teen Hunger Force episode "Super Trivia". In 2004, from July 26 through July 29, Adult Swim had a week dedicated to Seth MacFarlane where it had him host

1470-475: A free Adult Swim t-shirt that was packaged to look like a roll of bandages that a lifeguard might carry. At San Diego Comic-Con, audiences got to see clips of the upcoming shows and vote for what show they wanted to see as a sneak peek. Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law was the winner and the pilot was screened. The Leave It to Brak episode "Mr. Bawk Ba Gawk" and Space Ghost Coast to Coast episode "The Justice Hole" were also screened, as well as clips to

1575-411: A further expansion to the 6:00 p.m. ET hour would occur later in the year. The change was officially announced on June 7, 2023, and took effect on August 28, 2023: on weekdays, the hour would feature the new block Checkered Past —which features reruns of classic Cartoon Network original series. It was later announced on August 8, 2023, that Adult Swim would instead begin at 5:00 p.m., expanding

1680-624: A guerrilla marketing campaign for the Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters . The next day, Boston authorities arrested two men involved with the incident. Peter Berdovsky (a freelance video artist from Arlington, Massachusetts ) and Sean Stevens were facing charges of placing a hoax device to incite panic, as well as one count of disorderly conduct, according to CNN . On February 5, Turner Broadcasting and marketer Interference, Inc. announced that they would pay $ 2 million in amends: one million to

1785-463: A live webcam show on its website, featuring the Adult Swim staff having a party. The Big O series finale episode "The Show Must Go On", was supposed to premiere that night at 11:00   pm; however, Adult Swim had to reschedule the episode for the next week, on Sunday, November 2, taking the place of the scheduled previously unaired episode of Family Guy , " When You Wish Upon a Weinstein ", to air on November 9. When Big O premiered on November 2,

1890-473: A long, regal history of misunderstood TV shows, and to Fox's credit, the studio looked at the ratings on the Cartoon Network and how the show does overseas, and saw that there was more money to be made." Before Adult Swim lost the rights to Futurama reruns, they aired an all-night marathon from December 26–30, 2007, with the final reruns airing on December 31, thus, marking Futurama 's last airing on

1995-504: A loss for tax purposes and removed from digital stores. On January 24, 2023, it was announced that Adult Swim had severed ties with Rick and Morty co-creator Justin Roiland after he was charged with felony domestic abuse. Show production continued, with Ian Cardoni and Harry Belden cast as Rick and Morty , respectively. On May 1, 2023, Adult Swim's start time moved up to 7:00 p.m. ET/PT on weekdays and Saturdays, extending

2100-480: A new Kids, Young Adults, and Classics division . Although AT&T did not specify any timetable for the changes to take effect, WarnerMedia had begun to remove all Turner references in corporate communications and press releases, referring to that unit's networks as "divisions of WarnerMedia". In December 2019, Mike Lazzo retired from the company, which was announced by a bumper that aired on Adult Swim that month. On April 29, 2020, Michael Ouweleen , previously

2205-455: A part of Toonami Rewind , a Friday afternoon block that launched on May 31, 2024, replacing the Friday showing of Checkered Past. Cartoon Network shows that have gained a following among older viewers have also aired on Toonami; in particular, Samurai Jack proved popular enough in reruns to warrant a revival in 2017. ACME Night is a Sunday afternoon movie block that originally debuted as

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2310-576: A puppet show featuring classic Hanna-Barbera characters. Commercials starring characters from Aqua Teen Hunger Force , The Brak Show , Space Ghost Coast to Coast , Harvey Birdman, Attorney At Law , and Sealab 2021 started to appear as well, such as 1-800-CALL-ATT , Nestea , Dr Pepper , Coca-Cola , Dodge Ram , Quizno's Sub , Maximum Hair Dye, Verizon Wireless , and movie promos for Austin Powers in Goldmember , Kung Pow! Enter

2415-512: A reason for their alleged superiority and in reality is quite the opposite. When pressed by Frylock, they claimed they are superior because they can "jump really high" due to the lower gravity of the Moon compared to the Earth, something they promptly fail at doing. A running gag of how whenever the duo use their weaponry, the projectiles they fire will move at a ridiculously slow speed. Oglethorpe, who

2520-446: A rebrand of Adult Swim's Saturday night action block on May 26, 2012. From November 11 to December 29, 2013, Cartoon Network briefly regained the 9 p.m. ET hour, promoting it as a bonus "gift time" hour, shortening Adult Swim back to eight hours. On March 31, 2014, Adult Swim's start time moved up to 8:00 p.m. ET, further extending its nightly schedule to ten hours. From 2015 to 2022, excluding 2017, Cartoon Network would take back

2625-442: A recent celebrity death. These bumpers have no music or sound effects, but only a fade-in, showing the person's name, year of birth, and year of death, followed by a fade-out. This has been done for many people over the years, including celebrities such as Steve Jobs , Kobe Bryant , Chadwick Boseman , and MF Doom , and Adult Swim cast and crew such as Harry Goz . Some tribute bumpers have been made jokingly, such as one mocking

2730-447: A rerun episode, "Stripes" was airing but then Adult Swim said it was just a joke and they finally aired the correct episode. Adult Swim had another New Year's Eve special, this time featuring some of the Adult Swim characters having a party at Brak's house celebrating New Year's Eve. It was on this night when The Brak Show was officially canceled. On June 15, 2004, Adult Swim launched a Video on Demand . On July 19, 2004, Adult Swim had

2835-600: A result of their premature cancellation. The block obtained Futurama' s exclusive pay-TV syndication rights in September 2002 for a reported $ 10 million, and the series first aired on the network on January 12, 2003. Family Guy made its debut on April 20 of that year with the episode " Brian in Love ", and immediately became the block's top-rated program, dominating late night viewing in its time period vs. pay-television and free-to-air competition and boosting viewership of both

2940-504: A slave to his own desires for power and revenge. Rotwang's appearance was also influential—the character's shock of flyaway hair, wild-eyed demeanor, and his quasi- fascist laboratory garb have all been adopted as shorthand for the mad scientist "look." Even his mechanical right hand has become a mark of twisted scientific power, echoed notably in Stanley Kubrick 's film Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love

3045-435: A source told him the Adult Swim's standards departments repeatedly discovered and removed coded racist messages, including hidden swastikas. When asked, Hyde explained that despite Adult Swim executives' interest to pick up the show for a second season, Turner Broadcasting ultimately decided to cancel the show. On September 28, 2017, Pete Smith, a long-time producer at the studio and co-creator of The Brak Show , retired from

3150-480: A team in a dedicated server to solve the puzzles and share theories about the game. The ARG has been consistently broadcasting new messages and puzzles every Sunday since the initial August 2017 broadcast, with only a short hiatus during the 2017 holiday break. On March 25, 2018, it was revealed that Amelia was safe and had been for quite some time. Players learned that Amelia's messages asking for help were actually sent 3 years prior and that their delay in being received

3255-619: A wedding DJ . In the majority of his appearances he appears as a cop, although in "Antenna" he appears as himself. Ignignokt, who is voiced by Dave Willis, and Err, who is voiced by Matt Maiellaro , are two-dimensional 8-bit aliens from the Moon ; Belonging to a race known as the Mooninites . Ignignokt is the calmer, green leader and Err is the smaller, quick-tempered, pink sidekick. The two are extremely arrogant, and often claim to be superior to anyone who lives on Earth, despite never giving

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3360-523: A week showing off classic bumps from previous years. On March 28, 2005, Atlanta -based Turner Broadcasting System began recording Adult Swim Nielsen ratings separately from Cartoon Network for demographic purposes. Promotions for Adult Swim are targeted towards the college age and those in their 20s and 30s, constituting the majority of their viewers. According to a September 1, 2004, article in Promo magazine, representatives travel to 30 universities across

3465-462: Is "voiced, as always, with wonderful snarkiness by Dana Snyder." Voiced by Carey Means , Frylock is a floating box of French fries who has laser-shooting contact lenses , dental braces , and a goatee . He is easily the show's smartest character and often saves Shake and Meatwad from danger. His special powers are levitation and various eye beams, both powered by a large blue jewel on his back. He occasionally tries to be environmentally friendly, to

3570-509: Is Dr. Weird's assistant. Red-haired , wearing a lab coat and science goggles, is normally pictured holding and staring at a test tube . Steve often becomes the victim of mishaps with Weird's experiments, many resulting in his death or some kind of negative reaction. George Lowe is a recurring character voiced by the voice actor with the same name who is best known for providing the voice of Space Ghost on Space Ghost Coast to Coast . George made his first appearance in "Mail Order Bride" as

3675-545: Is a friend of Meatwad's, but can talk in an African-American voice. He is a cardboard box with an afro and face. Unlike the other talking characters, his mouth does not move while he talks and only those to whom he talks can hear him. Along with being an American icon, Boxy Brown is also a sensation in both of the Koreas. Voiced by Matt Maiellaro, Markula is a vampire and the Landlord of the Aqua Teens and Carl. He appears in

3780-522: Is a relaunch of the original block of the same name that ran on Cartoon Network from March 1997 to September 2008. Adult Swim initially ran in the late night hours. It began to expand into prime time in 2008, and moved its start time to 8:00 p.m. ET/PT in 2014. To take advantage of adult viewership of Cartoon Network in the daypart, Adult Swim expanded further to 7:00 p.m. on weekdays and Saturdays beginning in May 2023. After experiencing success with

3885-662: Is best known for its inaugural slate of programming, which were mainly parodies and remakes based on Hanna-Barbera properties (including Space Ghost Coast to Coast , Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law , The Brak Show , and Sealab 2021 ). Adult Swim also airs syndicated programs from 20th Television ( Bob's Burgers , Futurama , King of the Hill ) and Corus Entertainment ( Psi Cops ), original series produced for TBS and Max ( American Dad! and Ten Year Old Tom respectively), and have acquired and co-produced various anime series. Via Adult Swim, Cartoon Network

3990-417: Is in contact with local and federal law enforcement on the exact locations of the billboards. We regret that they were mistakenly thought to pose any danger." On April 1, 2012, as part of their annual April Fools' Day stunt, Adult Swim revived Toonami , the defunct Cartoon Network programming block that primarily aired anime and action cartoons. Following positive reception, Toonami would return full-time as

4095-401: Is often his business partner in these ridiculous schemes. Shake is also extremely lazy and balks at the idea of completing chores, let alone getting a job; the few times he has held a job ended with Shake abandoning his post, and on one occasion trying to rob the register on his way out. Shake is extremely vain and self-absorbed, and frequently acts out to get attention. According to one critic he

4200-406: Is one of the few U.S. networks to carry anime, and the only network that airs such programming aimed at young adults and teens rather than children. Currently, most anime and action -genre programming air on Saturday nights as part of Toonami , a former Cartoon Network programming block that was relaunched by Adult Swim on May 26, 2012, as a "block-within-a-block". Older anime programming airs as

4305-774: Is programmed by Williams Street , a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Television Studios that also produces much of the block's original programming. Launched on September 2, 2001, Adult Swim has frequently aired animated sitcoms , adult animation features, parody , satire , mockumentaries , sketch comedy , and pilots , with many of its programs being aesthetically experimental , transgressive, improvised, and surrealist in nature. Adult Swim has contracted with various studios known for their productions in absurd and shock comedy. In addition to comedy, Adult Swim also broadcasts Japanese anime and American action animation, and since May 2012 this type of programming has generally been aired on its Saturday night Toonami block, which itself

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4410-604: Is shown to engage in or have connections with various illegal activities and criminal associates, and has bizarre sexual fetishes. Carl is mostly unfazed by the various odd happenings around him, and is often maimed or killed. Carl also appeared on his own sports-related online series entitled Carl's Stone Cold Lock of the Century of the Week , as well as Pregame Prognostifications from the Pigskin Wyzzard . Carl generally has

4515-507: Is usually promoted by Warner Bros. Discovery as being a separate network time-sharing with Cartoon Network on its channel allotments, with its viewership being measured separately by Nielsen from the youth-oriented daytime and afternoon programming carried under the Cartoon Network branding. Cartoon Network 's original head programmer, Mike Lazzo , conceived Adult Swim. The block grew out of Cartoon Network's previous attempts at airing content appropriate for adults who might be watching

4620-453: Is very childlike and naive, something which leaves him both sweet-natured and easily bamboozled. Frylock tries to be a good brother figure to Meatwad, but Shake often tortures and pranks Meatwad, although in many episodes, Meatwad manipulates Shake into causing harm to himself by manipulating his greed and vanity. Meatwad is often manipulated by numerous parties into going along with their illegal and dangerous activities, particularly by Shake and

4725-429: Is voiced by Andy Merrill , and Emory, who is voiced by Mike Schatz , are two spiked aliens from Pluto . Oglethorpe is the fat, orange, dumber leader with a German accent (who resembles a slice of cheese) and Emory is the green, smarter one with a headband (who resembles a shred of lettuce); however, their Master Shake "clone", Major Shake, states the obvious fact that "they're [both] really stupid." Oglethorpe appeared in

4830-405: The alt-right and that the show promoted racism, sexism and bigotry. While the show did not predominantly deal with political themes, Sam Hyde 's Twitter feed containing political references and his other controversies like crashing a TEDx talk, added to the suspicion. Buzzfeed writer, Joseph Bernstein, was active in criticizing the show after a heated interview with creator Sam Hyde. He wrote that

4935-606: The chief marketing officer of Cartoon Network, Adult Swim, and Boomerang and the co-creator of Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law , was named the President of Adult Swim, a new position that gives Ouweleen responsibility for all aspects of Adult Swim and its properties. Adult Swim faced layoffs in November 2020, resulting in the closing of Pocket Mortys developer Big Pixel Studios and the cancellation of all of Adult Swim's online live-stream series. Keith Crofford retired from

5040-460: The 14th and the 15th. Similar tributes where the network played special reruns have also occurred for celebrities such as Gilbert Gottfried , Akira Toriyama , and Paul Reubens . Since 2004, Adult Swim has had an annual tradition of celebrating April Fools' Day by tricking and fooling their audience by altering programs or airing different and obscure programs. The pranks generally start at 12 a.m. ET on April 1, technically considered part of

5145-410: The 1990s, prime time animation geared toward adults started growing popular due to the success of Fox 's hit show The Simpsons . This was followed by a trend of other adult-oriented animated shows throughout the decade, as well as more general-oriented animated series that garnered strong adult followings. Space Ghost Coast to Coast , Cartoon Network's first foray into original programming,

5250-679: The 2018 Dr. Demento album Dr. Demento Covered in Punk . Voiced by MC Chris , MC Pee Pants is a criminally insane rapper who wears a shower cap and a diaper . He takes different forms (a giant spider , a cow , a decrepit old man, among others) in each appearance and is usually killed and sent to Hell over and over again and is occasionally sent back to the mortal world by Satan in continuously pathetic forms. His rap albums contain (not so) subliminal messages in order to get his fans (just Meatwad, and Carl on one occasion) to assist in his outlandish world domination schemes. MC Pee Pants appeared in

5355-539: The 2018 Dr. Demento album Dr. Demento Covered in Punk . Voiced by Matt Maiellaro, the Cybernetic Ghost of Christmas Past from the Future is a crazy robot that starts long, nonsensical stories with "thousands of years ago...", with fog always appearing out of nowhere in whichever location when he begins to tell his stories. Voiced by Tommy Blacha , Dr. Wongburger is an insane alien scientist. He appears in

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5460-455: The 8:00 p.m. hour anytime between late September and late December, making Adult Swim start at 9:00 p.m. again. In 2015, Adult Swim launched The Virtual Brainload , the first animated VR experience from a TV network. On May 7, 2015, it was announced that Adult Swim had ordered an untitled pilot by Million Dollar Extreme described as a "sketch show in an almost present day post apocalyptic nightmare world". Based on that pilot, it

5565-612: The Bomb and in the novel The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch (1965) by Philip K. Dick . A recent survey of 1,000 horror films distributed in the UK between the 1930s and 1980s reveals mad scientists or their creations have been the villains of 30 percent of the films; scientific research has produced 39 percent of the threats; and, by contrast, scientists have been the heroes of a mere 11 percent. Boris Karloff played mad scientists in several of his 1930s and 1940s films. The Mad scientist

5670-537: The Fist , Jackass: The Movie , Eight Legged Freaks , and The Powerpuff Girls Movie . Brak would also host a segment called Adult Swim News . Due to the September 11 attacks , episodes of Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law , Cowboy Bebop , and Aqua Teen Hunger Force were delayed. In the winter of 2001 another Adult Swim CD was made available for free to anyone who purchased issue 28 of Hitch Magazine and

5775-441: The Fist . Tamer Adult Swim originals often air as time-filler after the movies. While on Cartoon Network, the block ran from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. ET, though since the move to Adult Swim it begins at 5:00 p.m. and ends when the scheduled movie ends. Mad scientist The prototypical fictional mad scientist was Victor Frankenstein , creator of his eponymous monster , who made his first appearance in 1818, in

5880-723: The Hill being broadcast in the hour starting January 1, 2009. On December 27, 2010, Adult Swim moved its start time from 10 p.m. to 9 p.m. ET, extending the network's daily schedule to nine hours. On January 31, 2007, Adult Swim attracted national media attention as part of the 2007 Boston Mooninite panic. Both the Boston Police Department and the Boston Fire Department mistakenly identified battery-powered LED placards resembling The Mooninites , characters from Aqua Teen Hunger Force , as improvised explosive devices. These devices were in fact part of

5985-583: The March 31 schedule, with an additional prank on the April 1 schedule rarely. Since its launch in 2019, the annual pranks have been simulcast on the Adult Swim network in Canada. Since 2021, the pranks have also been streamed to Adult Swim's YouTube. Adult Swim began an ARG campaign on August 27, 2017, by airing a cryptic bump "transmission" during a new episode of Rick and Morty . The bump referred viewers to

6090-473: The Mooninites. His special powers are shapeshifting into any form he desires (such as a hot dog or an igloo , as seen in the intro), and mitosis . Meatwad's other special power is that he can absorb a lot of static electricity and grow rapidly after absorbing a large amount of it. Also voiced by Dave Willis , Carl Brutananadilewski is the quick-tempered, vulgar, sarcastic, obese, and unlucky neighbor of

6195-445: The U.S. to promote the Adult Swim lineup, including handing out posters for students' dorm rooms. On April 17, 2004, Adult Swim regained Saturday nights, making Friday the only night where Adult Swim did not air. On March 28, 2005, Adult Swim gained an extra hour, now ending at 6 a.m. ET. On October 2, 2005, Adult Swim regained the 10 p.m. hour on Sundays, continuing to start at 11 p.m. Mondays to Thursdays, and Saturdays. Adult Swim had

6300-690: The Warner Bros. Discovery merger, several planned programs and movies were either scrapped or moved to other networks and services, including Unicorn: Warriors Eternal , which moved to Adult Swim, Batman: Caped Crusader and Merry Little Batman , which moved to Prime Video , and The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie , which was released theatrically. The Sunday evening block continues to air movies, including family-friendly fare like The Goonies , more risque films like Dune , and movies with cult followings like Kung Pow! Enter

6405-686: The adult animation block on April 1, 2001, but was delayed five months. In June 2001, TV Guide had recorded an interview with Cartoon Network's former president, Betty Cohen . She stated there was a new programming block coming out in September that was aimed for an adult audience. During this month at the Cartoon Network Confidential, "Cartoon Network's best originals and outrageous animated shorts for discriminating adults" in New York City , an upcoming episode of Space Ghost Coast to Coast titled "Kentucky Nightmare",

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6510-787: The block to 13 hours. ACME Night, a Sunday night movie block, moved from Cartoon Network to Adult Swim following the expansion, starting an hour earlier at 5:00 p.m. Adult Swim's rights to the first eight seasons of Bob's Burgers were set to expire in late 2023, though this did not come to pass. Instead, a deal was made for Adult Swim and FXX to share the show, with later seasons previously exclusive to FXX first appearing on October 2, 2023. On May 17, 2024, Adult Swim announced another new block, Toonami Rewind, consisting of classic anime like Sailor Moon , Dragon Ball Z Kai , and Naruto , using throwback Toonami branding. The block launched on May 31, 2024, replacing Checkered Past on Fridays. Adult Swim occasionally airs bumpers that pay tribute to

6615-510: The block to eleven hours. Ratings data found that 68% of Cartoon Network's overall viewership between the 6 and 8 p.m. hours had been over the age of 18, thus justifying a further expansion of the block. The first two weeks of the new schedule—which was anchored by the premiere of Unicorn: Warriors Eternal — brought the hour a 24% increase in overall viewership, and a 38% increase among viewers 18–34. On May 17, 2023, Kathleen Finch, CCO of Warner Bros. Discovery U.S. Networks Group, announced that

6720-432: The block until 2021. On New Year's Eve 2005, Adult Swim had a countdown for the new year featuring characters from their shows. Beginning on March 27, 2006, Adult Swim's time began at 10:30 pm ET weekdays. In 2007, Adult Swim announced it would expand to seven nights a week and begin airing on Fridays, starting July 6. On December 29, 2008, Adult Swim moved its start time to 10 p.m. ET every night, with reruns of King of

6825-462: The block, and Cartoon Network itself, by 239 percent. Seth MacFarlane had previously created Larry & Steve , a cartoon predecessor to Family Guy , that was aired on Cartoon Network's What a Cartoon! Show in 1997. MacFarlane had also worked on several Cartoon Network shows, such as Johnny Bravo and Dexter's Laboratory . On New Year's Eve 2002, Brak from The Brak Show and Carl Brutananadilewski from Aqua Teen Hunger Force hosted

6930-456: The block. The event was considered a "sampler" to promote the block to a wider audience, with Jim Samples , then-general manager and executive vice president of Cartoon Network, remarking that "we think that if you like Shaq , you'll love Brak." On October 5, 2003, Adult Swim was on from 11:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. ET. On October 26, 2003, Brak's Dad from The Brak Show hosted Halloween -themed bumps. That same night, Adult Swim hosted

7035-520: The bridge between two eras of an evolving archetype. The book is said to be a precursor of a new genre, science fiction , although as an example of gothic horror it is connected with other antecedents as well. The year 1896 saw the publication of H. G. Wells 's The Island of Doctor Moreau , in which the titular doctor—a controversial vivisectionist —has isolated himself entirely from civilisation in order to continue his experiments in surgically reshaping animals into humanoid forms , heedless of

7140-517: The changes, Adult Swim further expanded to 5:00 p.m. on August 28, 2023, eclipsing Cartoon Network itself in runtime by airing 13 hours a day. On weekdays, the expanded runtime is filled by classic programming from the networks' libraries, with Mondays through Thursdays featuring Checkered Past, which airs classic Cartoon Network original series from the 1990s and 2000s, and Fridays featuring Toonami Rewind, which broadcasts classic Toonami programming. Due to its differing demographics , Adult Swim

7245-483: The channel after 11 pm (ET/PT). The network began experimenting with its late-night programming by airing anthology shows that presented uncensored classic cartoon shorts, such as ToonHeads , The Bob Clampett Show , The Tex Avery Show , Late Night Black and White , and O Canada . Another block, Toonami 's "Midnight Run", aired the network's action programming uncut with minimal edits. At that time, one third of Cartoon Network's audience were adults. During

7350-462: The character Boyd. Adult Swim began losing the syndication rights to various 20th Television animated series in 2018; Comedy Central acquired the syndication rights to King of the Hill and The Cleveland Show that year. On April 8, 2019, it was announced that FXX would acquire the rights to season 16 and beyond of Family Guy (sharing those rights with sister networks Freeform and FX ) and season 9 and beyond of Bob's Burgers , with rights to

7455-845: The city of Boston, and one million in goodwill funds. Four days later, on February 9, Jim Samples, general manager and Executive Vice President of Cartoon Network since 2001, resigned. Turner Broadcasting later issued an apology for the ad campaign that caused the bomb scares. A statement emailed to The Boston Globe from Turner Broadcasting said: "The 'packages' in question are magnetic lights that pose no danger. They are part of an outdoor marketing campaign in 10 cities in support of Adult Swim's animated television show Aqua Teen Hunger Force . They had been in place for two to three weeks in Boston , New York City , Los Angeles , Chicago , Houston , Atlanta , Seattle , Portland , Austin , San Francisco , and Philadelphia . Parent company Turner Broadcasting

7560-490: The company in December 2020, which was celebrated with two bumpers featuring Meatwad from Aqua Teen Hunger Force and Seth Green and Matthew Senreich from Robot Chicken . On April 23, 2021, WarnerMedia announced that HBO Max 's adult animation development team would merge with Adult Swim, under the leadership of Suzanna Makkos. Family Guy left Adult Swim on September 18, 2021, after an 18-year long run. The block noted

7665-496: The company. On that night, Adult Swim celebrated his career with an all-night marathon of Bob's Burgers (consisting of episodes that his daughter, Nora Smith, wrote) and The Brak Show , with promos and bumpers made by Pete Smith airing during breaks. This became an annual event, running anywhere from 1 hour to 10 hours. The following events also added newly produced shorts, interstitials from Cartoon Planet which Pete wrote for, and episodes of Squidbillies where Smith played

7770-416: The declining quality of Game of Thrones in 2017, one marking the lifespan of NFTs as 2021 - 2021, and one for Sherman Hemsley done in 2014, a full 2 years after his death (adding "Sorry, we just found out. That shit sucks"). Following the death of Space Ghost Coast to Coast animator and voice actor C. Martin Croker on September 17, 2016, Adult Swim paid tribute to him the following night, playing

7875-583: The episode "Sweet for Brak". On August 12, the first commercial advertising the new block aired on Cartoon Network. Around this time a press kit came out that featured towels and a promotional CD. Another press kit that was designed as a first aid kit came with a promo VHS with info on all the shows. Access Hollywood also highlighted the upcoming premieres. Print ads were shown in an August issue of Entertainment Weekly . On August 31, adultswim.com officially launched. Adult Swim officially launched on September 2, 2001, at 10   p.m. ET , with

7980-545: The episodes "Dickesode", "Creature from Plaque Lagoon", and "Hands on a Hamburger". His running storyline is that the various establishments he runs are actually fronts for his plan to build a spaceship so that he can return to his home planet. He takes on various forms in all of his appearances, from a phallic shape, a giant tooth , and a giant hamburger. Voiced by Dave Willis in the series, and Killer Mike in Aqua Teen Forever: Plantasm , Boxy Brown

8085-433: The episodes "Robots Everywhere", "Sirens", "Couple Skates", "Vampirus", and "The Greatest Story Ever Told". He also appears in the direct-to-video movie Aqua Teen Forever: Plantasm . In the first couple of episodes of season five , Markula had demons kidnap the Aqua Teens, because he refused to fix a gas leak, so they refused to pay for October's rent. In those episodes Carl received new neighbors that irritated Carl and, in

8190-433: The evil genius whose machines had originally given life to the dystopian city of the title. Rotwang's laboratory influenced many subsequent movie sets with its electrical arcs , bubbling apparatus, and bizarrely complicated arrays of dials and controls. Portrayed by actor Rudolf Klein-Rogge , Rotwang himself is the prototypically conflicted mad scientist; though he is master of almost mystical scientific power, he remains

8295-409: The first produced episode of the show ("Elevator") with tribute bumpers bookending the rerun. Toonami also paid tribute to Croker the following Saturday, with T.O.M. and S.A.R.A. saying farewell to former host Moltar (voiced by Croker) in a special intro. Following the death of Norm Macdonald on September 14, 2021, Adult Swim aired an hour of Mike Tyson Mysteries (on which he voiced Pigeon) on

8400-508: The first three seasons. Dr. Weird did not appear on the show again until the eighth season , but some episodes have a picture of him and Frylock in Frylock's room. The movie explains that it was Dr. Weird who created the Aqua Teens for the purpose of watching them crash into a brick wall, but this idea never became a reality. But in the end's twist, Dr. Weird was revealed to have been created by Frylock. Steve, also voiced by C. Martin Croker,

8505-626: The ground explode, though the latter is not noticed by himself or other characters. Shake particularly loathes Meatwad, and goes out of his way to torment and bamboozle him with elaborate schemes. Master Shake also frequently tries to con other characters, notably Carl, though it always fails thanks to his selfishness, greed, gullible stupidity or any of his other glaring character flaws. He engages in various get-rich-quick schemes that are poorly thought out and usually illegal in nature. Even when Master Shake's plans do work out, he usually miscalculates and does not earn profits but incurs incredible losses. Carl

8610-585: The ire of Master Shake. Frylock often serves as the straight man to the antics of the other characters in the show, but is known to act perverted towards women not normally considered to be socially desirable and occasionally engages in illegal and amoral sciences, sometimes at the behest of anonymous benefactors or black market buyers. Voiced by Dave Willis , Meatwad is a large ball of ground beef (stated by Shake to be hamburger meat in "Dickesode") with only one tooth, and, due to his method of travel (rolling) he tends to have stray hairs embedded in his "body". He

8715-529: The novel Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus by Mary Shelley . Though the novel's title character, Victor Frankenstein, is a sympathetic character, the critical element of conducting experiments that cross "boundaries that ought not to be crossed", heedless of the consequences, is present in Shelley's novel. Frankenstein was trained as both an alchemist and a modern scientist, which makes him

8820-491: The occasion with a special bumper featuring various Adult Swim characters waving goodbye to the Griffin family . From October 18, 2021, onward, Adult Swim began airing certain programs in a compressed format, speeding up programs to accommodate additional time slots for advertising sales and airing credits in a split-screen format, similar to sister network TBS; the split-screen credits tactic ceased in 2024. The network reacquired

8925-571: The official schedules listed the shows as "Special Programming". Prior to that, in Entertainment Weekly , it was stated that Michael Ouweleen 's next project was working on the Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law Pilot with J. J. Sedelmaier . In a 1999 interview, the indie pop rock band Calamine stated they had recorded the theme song for Sealab 2021 . While entertaining pitches for a variety of adult cartoons, Lazzo realized

9030-572: The often destructive Aqua Teens who regularly harass him. Carl loves pornography, prostitutes and strippers, sports (especially the New York Giants ), his Dodge Stealth "2 Wycked", classic rock music, and junk food. He hates it when the Aqua Teens are in his pool or when they (especially Shake) mess with his car, though he is occasionally cordial to Frylock and Meatwad, to whom he refers as "Fryman" and "Meatman", respectively. Carl prides himself on being more normal than his neighbors; however, he

9135-469: The original debut airing of the Home Movies episode "Director's Cut", which had been shelved before airing on its original network, UPN . According to Linda Simensky , "We had a bunch of episodes to screen for Mike Lazzo and by only the second episode, he yelled, "Buy it!" Cartoon Network bought the original five UPN episodes and ordered eight more to complete the season. The series' first season

9240-433: The potential for packaging them as a complete adult-focused block. Different names were considered, including "ibiso", which was said to be Spanish for "stop", "Parental Warning" and "Parental Block" but he eventually settled on "Adult Swim" (a reference to the common policy at public swimming pools to have time intervals during the day when only adults are allowed in the pool ). Cartoon Network originally intended to launch

9345-468: The rights to King of the Hill and Futurama on November 22, 2021, and December 27, 2021, respectively, with both shows continuing to air on FXX and, in Futurama 's case, Comedy Central. In May 2022, following WarnerMedia's divestment by AT&T and merger with Discovery Inc. to form Warner Bros. Discovery , the Warner Bros. Global Kids, Young Adults, and Classics division was dissolved. Adult Swim

9450-769: The same CD came with issue 29. When the Saturday night block debuted on February 23, 2002, it was known as Adult Swim Action , with various anime programs displayed on the block from 11:00 pm to 2:00 am ET. Thus, programming on the block was divided between Adult Swim Action and Adult Swim Comedy . Adult Swim Comedy was Sunday nights and ran from 10:00 pm to 1:00 am ET. Two days prior, on February 21, Adult Swim stopped airing on Thursday nights. The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show and The Popeye Show took Cowboy Bebop ' s place for 12:00 am and 12:30 am ET. On June 15, 2002, Adult Swim had their first contest called "Adult Swim Happiness Sweepstakes" where winners could win

9555-401: The same breath, overjoyed Markula. Markula also has the power to mutate living things by biting them. Markula was eventually killed by Carl with a bottle of garlic champagne in the episode "Couples Skate" exclaiming "Open wide, jackass!". He was 4,040 years old. In the very next episode (Reedickyoulus), Frylock said "Finally, I keep telling and telling our landlord" even though Markula was dead at

9660-811: The scientific and technological build-up during the Cold War brought about increasing threats of unparalleled destruction of the human species did not lessen the impression. Mad scientists frequently figure in science fiction and motion pictures from the period. Mad scientists in animation include Professor Frink , Professor Farnsworth , Rick Sanchez , Rintaro Okabe , and Dr. Heinz Doofenshmirtz . Walt Disney Pictures had Mickey Mouse trying to save his dog Pluto from The Mad Doctor (1933). Depictions of mad scientists in Warner Brothers' Merrie Melodies / Looney Tunes cartoons include: While both Tom and Jerry dabbled in mad science in some of

9765-545: The seasons airing on Adult Swim and sister network TBS at the time initially planned to transfer over to the Disney -owned networks in the coming years. American Dad! , which has been a TBS original series since 2014, is set to remain. On March 4, 2019, AT&T announced a major reorganization of WarnerMedia 's Turner Broadcasting division, which involves Cartoon Network, Adult Swim, Boomerang , and Turner Classic Movies being transferred to Warner Bros. Entertainment under

9870-416: The shows featured footage of elderly people swimming in public pools , eating, exercising, and doing other pool-related activities. It would show signs all around the pool saying things like "Warning Potential Violence", "Warning Strong Language in use", "Caution Sexual Innuendo", "Caution Limited Animation", "No Diving", "No Kids", "Warning Adult Situations", and more. Some of these bumpers were narrated by

9975-601: The stealth pilots from December, Captain Linger , and an episode of Home Movies were screened for free. The screening was part of the Toyota Comedy Festival. On Saturday, July 21, 2001, the Space Ghost Coast to Coast panel at San Diego Comic-Con had a trivia game in which the winners won a promotional CD that had the theme songs to the upcoming Adult Swim Shows. Everybody who attended got

10080-471: The suffering he causes. In 1925, the novelist Alexander Belyaev introduced mad scientists to the Russian people through the novel Professor Dowell's Head , in which the antagonist performs experimental head transplants on bodies stolen from the morgue, and reanimates the corpses. Fritz Lang 's movie Metropolis ( 1927 ) brought the archetypical mad scientist to the screen in the form of Rotwang ,

10185-764: The time. Somehow Markula survived, because he shows up in a season 8 episode in which he and a bunch of bats have a virus that affects Carl, but not Shake. Adult Swim Adult Swim (stylized as [adult swim] and [as] ) is an American adult-oriented television programming block aired by the American basic cable channel Cartoon Network during the evening, prime time , and late-night dayparts . The channel features stylistically varied animated and live-action series targeting an adult audience. The content includes original programming (particularly comedies and action series), syndicated series, and short films with generally minimal or no editing for content. Adult Swim

10290-472: Was a remix of "Mambo Gallego" done by the Melbourne musician Dust Devil, originally played by Latin jazz musician Tito Puente Sr. Some of the bumps on the block included Aquaman Dance Party that featured a cartoon Aquaman dancing in front of live action landfill footage, Captain Linger , a series of shorts created by J. J. Sedelmaier , Watering Hole , a series of shorts about animals talking in

10395-576: Was a staple of the Republic/Universal/Columbia movie serials of the 1930s and 40s. Examples include: Mad scientists were most conspicuous in popular culture after World War II . The sadistic human experimentation conducted under the auspices of the Nazis , especially those of Josef Mengele , and the invention of the atomic bomb , gave rise in this period to genuine fears that science and technology had gone out of control. That

10500-428: Was also revived in 2007 by Comedy Central for similar reasons: impressive viewership in syndication as well as high DVD sales. In 2006, 20th Century Fox struck a deal to produce four direct-to-video animated features based on Futurama , and, in 2009, the series was revived in normal half-hour installments beginning in 2010 on Comedy Central. In a 2006 interview, Futurama creator Matt Groening explained "There's

10605-526: Was animated in Squigglevision ; later seasons were done in flash animation . The first anime broadcast on the block also aired on the night of its launch, Cowboy Bebop . Aqua Teen Hunger Force debuted on the block on September 9, with the episode "Escape from Leprechaupolis". The block initially aired on Sunday nights from 10:00 pm to 1:00 am ET, with a repeat of the same block on Thursday nights. Adult Swim's original bumpers shown in-between

10710-452: Was announced on March 3, 2016, that it would go to series with the group presenting it under the additional subtitle World Peace , and the first season consisting of six episodes under Adult Swim's traditional eleven-minute episode structure. Adult Swim announced on December 5, 2016, that it would not be renewed for a second season; Adult Swim faced internal opposition to its continuation, mainly regarding accusations of MDE being connected to

10815-741: Was caused by time dilation . This revelation effectively completed the second chapter of the ARG, and alluded to the next phase, which started in June 2018. The following narratives explored the intricate connections between Delilah, Amelia, and the newly introduced character, Tristan, revealing layers of corporate and personal intrigue involving Proto-X and the shadowy organization known as Sinistra MGMT. Original shows currently in-production and seen on Adult Swim include Aqua Teen Hunger Force , Off The Air , The Eric Andre Show , Rick and Morty , Smiling Friends , and My Adventures With Superman . Adult Swim

10920-550: Was created in 1994 specifically for late-night adult audiences. The series was created by Mike Lazzo 's Ghost Planet Industries, which eventually became Williams Street Studios, the producers and programmers of Adult Swim. Between 4:00 am and 5:00 am on December 21, and December 30, 2000 (while Space Ghost Coast to Coast was on hiatus), several new Williams Street series made unannounced "stealth" premieres. Sealab 2021 ; Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law ; Aqua Teen Hunger Force ; and The Brak Show all premiered unannounced;

11025-471: Was moved under Warner Bros. Discovery Networks, while Williams Street moved under Warner Bros. Television . Ouweleen still oversees both units, while also gaining oversight to Cartoon Network, Boomerang, and Discovery Family . Several Adult Swim shows, including Tigtone , and Lazor Wulf , were removed from Adult Swim's website and HBO Max that year as a part of massive cost-cutting moves at WBD. Some other series, like Final Space , were written off as

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